Thursday, November 30, 2006

Finally Got It

The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, "We have found the Messiah" (that is, the Christ). John 1:41



Well here we are. We finally did up our family picture. Tomorrow we are going to the city for Truckerman to get a tooth pulled and to pick up some things that we can not get in town. So while we are there we are going to go to where my mom works and get them copied onto card stock to send with our Christmas cards that I am making. Unfortunately this was the best of the bunch. Pete would either be leaned to far over, have an even goofier look on his face, Repete not smiling, or Truckerman saying something funny to get the boys so that they would have real smiles. Don't you just love the antlers?! I picked them up in town today. They even have blinking lights on them. I love Christmas time!!

I had to get some new candles for our Advent Wreath and I found some really great votive holders that I am going to add to the wreath in place of our old holders. They are so nice and such a great price I am going to pick some up for each of the boys teachers and Pete's piano teacher and some candles to go with them. That will get done on Saturday. With some of the stuff we are going to pick up tomorrow and with the rest this week I will be done. Actually there is only a couple more that we need to pick up and the PJ's that I am making and we are done. I start shopping fo r Christmas right after Christmas and go throughout the year. If I find a great deal then I will pick it up and put it away. This also helps when it comes to the boys birthdays and if the boys have a birthday to go to. We do not go all out for our boys. They get enough from other people and we also want them to realize and understand that it isn't about getting and it is about God sending Jesus to be born into this world and to live and die so that we may be with Him and God in Heaven for eternity.

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. James 1:17

My driveway has been cleared!! I was scared this morning that the bus was going to get stuck. Luckily he didn't. He just plowed right through it and didn't stop at the end of the drive like he usually does because if he would have he would have been sitting there stuck.

Truckerman has had a hard day today. When he went to load he found that his trailers were frozen. He had the steamer truck come and try to get things unfrozen but only one trailer did. So know he has to take the truck to the border city to put them in the shop to warm them up. So needless to say, he is coming home tonight instead of tomorrow. It will be nice to see him but he is going to be so tired when he gets here.

Repete did really well in bowling today. He bowled his highest score today of 78. Pretty good for a little boy. Pete did well his first game and then not so well on the second. It didn't help that the girls on his team were chasing him around trying to hug him. When he gets worked up like that he just might as well go home because he isn't concentrating on the game anymore.

The weather is still cold here and the wind is still blowing. It is supposed to warm right up tomorrow but be windy. To go from -21 c to -3 c is a really big difference. No wonder it is hard to get used to the weather here. Tomorrows weather will be a welcomed change to the last few days of freezing cold.

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

BBBBRRRRR!!!!!!

May God Himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful and He will do it. 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

Can someone please remind me why we had to get a little car?! I got stuck in the driveway yet again today! Thank goodness my FIL was in town today. He can and pushed me out. We live out of town so we should have a bigger vehicle, but it is good on gas and it was a good price and we are moving to the city :-P and it will last us the entire time we are there. Okay I got it but it still SUCKS at the moment with getting stuck in the driveway.

If the gratter does not come tomorrow before 3pm I will be stuck and the boys will not be going to bowling. Even though I did get out today it has been blowing so hard tonight that I am drifted in again. And with the cold and the wind my house is like an ice cube. I'm thinking that we may need to insulate the place before we decide to sell because it seems to be worse every year. The guy that built this place, as we have found out over the last couple of years wasn't the brightest star in the sky. I question what he was thinking on a regular basis.

Grandpa helped Repete at school today with the ginger bread houses that the Kindergarten's were making. They had a good time doing it together.

I had to interview two Funeral Directors for my assignment today so I called my friend in the city and I went to see my boss in town. I ended up visiting with my boss for almost 2 hours. She is such a wonderful person and I really enjoy working for her and her husband. I ask everyone to pray for their daughter. She had Hodgkins Disease when she was younger and it has come back but only worse. This time they had to remove her thyroid and they are unsure of what to do for further treatment.

I received a postcard in the mail today. It was from Locks of Love. If you don't know what that is I'll just tell you. Locks of Love takes donations of 6+ inches of hair to make wigs for children that have different diseases that have hair loss as one of their side effects. My thought is why throw it away when you can give it to someone who can use it and make their lives a little better. I donated hair this year and have decided that from now on I will grow my hair out and when it reaches a certain point then I will cut it and give it away. I have a few more months before I can do that again but it is all worth it. If anyone is interested just contact your hairdresser and ask them and if they have never heard of it then refer them to the web site it is well worth it.

Monday, November 27, 2006

It Came

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me, for in you my soul takes refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed. Psalm 57:1

The snow came and along with it came the wind. The snow has backed off and so has the wind but the temperatures are starting to fall again. The snow is supposed to start again.

Someone on our bus route called this morning to say that the bus was stuck. Pete was 15 minutes late for school. When he got home from school he said that most of the buses were late this morning. So I hope that the bus can get into the yard tomorrow morning if it keeps snowing. I just hope that I can get out because I need to get to the post office and the store. Then I am supposed to take Pete to piano lessons (it got changed because of the cold).

Repete's class are making gingerbread houses tomorrow. Repete decided that instead of mom helping that he wanted his Grandpa G. to help. Grandpa said that he should hopefully be there if he doesn't get snowed in tonight. If he can't make it then I will have to go and I was hoping to get my assignment finished early tomorrow so I can get onto the next one and try and get ahead of things since I am almost finished. I won't know until the morning and it is only an hour anyways so if I have to go I have to go.

Truckerman had to go to work today. This shift is a short one because things get moved around this time of year so his boss can go on holidays to Las Vegas for the National Finals Rodeo. He will be gone 9 days and Truckerman has to work them straight. We will go and visit on one of those days to take him clean clothes and food. Plus then we all can see each other. With him working this long shift then he will get Christmas off. So it is all worth it. Plus he gets 7 days off after the long shift and we get our house ready for Christmas and I have finals that week so he will keep the boys occupied for me while I study.

Speaking of studying I better get going and got some done.

Sunday, November 26, 2006

The Snow is Coming

He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before My Father and His angels. Revelation 3:5

It is so nice to see new faces in Church. We have a new family that moved to town and ironically they move into the new house that was built beside the church. They were attending a LCC church where they had been living and they started attending here. They have 3 young children and 2 of them are attending Sunday School. YA!! Our neice has been attending again as well and our little class went from 2-3 to 6. Now if our nephew would come then we would have 7.

So with this increase in children we have decided to do a Christmas Pageant this year. I'm so excited. Especially with this being our last Christmas here.

There is a winter storm warning and snow warning out for this area tonight and tomorrow. 10-20 cm of snow! That is 4-8 inches of the white stuff! I just hope that Truckerman can get out to get to work tomorrow and that the bus will be able to get into our place tomorrow. I like the snow but could do without the hassle of getting stuck. I guess we will just have to see what tomorrow brings. :-)

Saturday, November 25, 2006

Coooollldddd!!!!

My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken Me,the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water. Jeremiah 2:13

BBBRRRR!!! is all I can say. At one time the temperature was reading -22 C. And I was smart enough to go out today. That is being sarcastic.

A girlfriend of mine called me up and invited me to the 4H toy bingo today. Repete and I braved to weather and went. It was a nice time even though we did not win any toys. Repete wasn't so happy about that. He didn't quite get that not everyone gets a toy. He didn't like that idea. I just can not figure out how people can hit and play that game for hours. I guess that I never will.

Tonight I made a butter pecan cake with cream cheese icing. Oh, it is ever tasty!! I've been craving it for a couple of weeks now and finally gave in and made and I'm glad that I did.

Friday, November 24, 2006

Frustration

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. Ephesians 6:10-11

How long does it take two people to clean a bed room?! Apparently more then five days. I don't get it.

Truckerman is going to be home tonight. He is tired. This shift has been a long one for him. He will be eating supper, having a bath and shave and then going to bed. He hasn't come home this late for a long time.

The porch was supposed to have been cleaned tonight but without him home and the boys cleaning their room the porch will have to wait until tomorrow.

I managed to get some cleaning done today but you could never tell. It is going to be a slow process that is for sure and I am slowing chipping away at all the junk, ect. around this place.

Thursday, November 23, 2006

It's Found

The Lord Jesus...took bread, and when He had given thanks,...said, "This is My body." 1 Corinthians 11:23-24

Pete's class cleaned out their desks today and guess what he found? His missing mitten!! Yup, it was inside his desk the whole time.

Speaking of Pete, at the end of their first recess someone slammed Pete's head between the metal doors. So needless to say, I had to go to town and bring him home. He is doing much better now and the headache is gone.

I had to go to parent-teacher interviews tonight. Nothing new came out of it all. Repete talks and sings alot, talks really loudly, and dances around when he is supposed to be getting ready to go home instead of getting his things on. Pete, well he is either talking or daydreaming. That we already knew.

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Technology

[You were taught] to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true rightousness and holiness. Ephesians 4:23-24

I have kinda fingured out the mp3 player. I managed to change it up, add some songs to it, and have it playing. I just wish that the instructions were a little more accurate. I was trying to get it to go to random, well the thing would not do as it was supposedly supposed to do. I don't know, I think I will just have to get Truckerman to look at it and figure it out. So right now I will just listen to it the way it is right now. I will add some more songs to it this week but I will have to transfer the songs from CD and there are quite a few that we have so that is going to take awhile before that will be done.

So far the cleaning of the boys room is not going very well. Looks like mom and dad will be cleaning it up this weekend.

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

There Are No Words

You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God. 2 Corinthians 9:11

I don't know what to say. Take a guess at who forgot his homework at home this morning? And guess who had forgotten his mitts on the bus again? Guess whose teachers said that he doesn't listen in class and forgets things? Guess who took everything out of the closet and spent 1.5 hours cleaning to tell me that they are almost done and have done so well so far, yet it looks worse then it did 2 days ago and nothing is in the give away box? I'm so flabbergasted I'm beyond words.

But on a happier note, I'm finished todays assignment and it is sent away. YA!

Last night I was studying and a phone number went through my head and it was the number to a person that I had not talked to in a couple of years. I had met her when I was pregnant with Pete and she and I had become quite good friends. Well just before we had Pete she and her family had moved because her husband was transfered. Well as luck might have it Truckerman was transfered as well to the same place. (The two hubbies worked for the same company but different areas). Well we ended up moving home but we had kept in touch but eventually the calls got further and futher apart until there were no more. Life got too busy. Well I picked up the phone and called. We had a great visit on the phone and hopefully we will keep in touch again. I really missed talking to her. She has a great sense of humor. Especially when it comes to Truckerman. The two of them loved to pick at each other. So anyways, she was telling me that she received an email about a month ago and it had been forwarded a couple of times and them her friend forwarded it to her. Well you wouldn't believe this but it had our email addy on it! That is so weird. It just goes to show that we are all connected in some way or another.

Today we got a new mp3 player. Is it ever small. They clame that it is the smallest mp3 player made. It is 1 inch squared. So how long it is going to be before someone loses it?! This just means more gadgets for me to have to learn. Yikes! I did get the disk installed and it is all charged up, now to get the music on it and to learn what all the little buttons are for.

Monday, November 20, 2006

Getting Things Done

One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. He throw himself at Jesus' feet and thanked Him--and he was a Samaritan. Luke 17:15-16

Truckerman left for work today. He will be gone for 4 days. So I will be at home alone dealing with the boys. We talked about that and we decided that we are going to get our house clean and get on the boys and get them to actually do their chores. We always have good intensions and them we get lazy on things. We have made a date that the first room to get cleaned out is the porch. So it will get done if it kills me. Then we will make a date to power clean another room and so one until we have cleaned up everything in this entire house and thrown out what we do not need or is junk. Cookie, if you are reading this, you need to find a place for your baffet and table soon.

Tonights job for the boys is to start to detoy their room. They have so many toys and with Christmas coming they can get rid of a few things.

Oh, the thought of a clean house. It is very rare that I ever get to see that and to keep it that way. I can't wait! Because it is going to happen if the others in this house like it or not!

Saturday, November 18, 2006

Girls Day Out

Delight in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4

A girlfriend of mine called and invited me to a craft show in the Border City. Truckerman told me to go and have a good time. So he and the boys spent the day together.

Wow, was it busy. I had gone to the show a couple of times before when we had lived there but that was a few years ago. It was not that busy when I had gone.

There was quite a few people from home there and a few others that I knew from other places as well.

I picked up my Dad's Christmas present there. As soon as I saw it I knew that it was what I was looking for. I also picked up some scented candles. They are cherry cobbler scented. Oh, do they smell gooodddd!!! It gave me an idea for Pete and Repete's teachers for their Christmas presents.

While we were at the craft sale there was also a trade fair on in a different part of the building so we toured it as well. Anyhow, there was a cell phone booth there, the same company that our phone is through. I stopped there and had them show me how to put the phone onto vibrate and the lady was kind enought to show me. I'm so happy! Now I know how to do that. It has been frustrating me since we bought the phone and the instruction book disappeared in this wasteland we call a house. It will eventually show up because most things do after awhile. But I'm just happy that I now know how to do that.

Friday, November 17, 2006

Sunshine

You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised. Hebrews 10:36

I got my Funeral Director assignments finished and sent off. Ya!! That course is almost done!

Truckerman took the boys out to his dad's to visit and to get a shelving unit. He has 2 downstairs in his office already but a little someone gave him some more books (thank you again :-) ) and he had to move on to another shelf to fit them. Half of out U-Haul is going to be books when we move. LOL

Today Repete said that he doesn't like the sun being so bright. Truckerman gave him his sunglasses. The sun is still too bright. Well then don't look at the sun. But I have to. I'm not sure why but he says that he does. I'm not questioning him.

Thursday, November 16, 2006

Sigh!

While He was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is My Som, whom I love; with Him I am well pleased. Listen to Him!" Matthew 17:5

Today Truckerman and I went to the city. He had a dentist appointment. Well that was a waste of time. He ended up not getting anything done. So now I have to make another appointment. We did get some info regarding a new upper partial for him.

We did get a few things done while we were there. We took the Operation Christmas Child boxes to the dropoff place and I did get to visit my mom for a couple of minutes. It was nice to have a quiet day with Truckerman. It was weird though, we kept expecting to hear at least one little voice come from the backseat.

Things were good until we got home. We arrived just as the bus was pulling up to the yard. Pete came running down the driveway without his brother or his bookbag. I finally saw Repete taking his time walking to the house. Well Pete announces to us that he lost his bookbag somewhere at school. What else is that boy going to lose?! It isn't even half way through the school year and he has lost his ruler, social book (found a month and a half later), his mitt, then another mitt (found on the bus by the driver), and now his bookbag with his lunch kit, library books, and his dayplanner and homework. Truckerman loaded him up into the car and took him back to town to the school and they spent half an hour searching and could not find it. Well, just before supper the phone rang and it was the bus driver. Guess what he found on one of the seats of the bus? Pete's book bag. My question is, "How did he not realize that he had it on the bus with him?" He told us that when he picked up Repete from his classroom he had it and had put it down and realized as they were walking to the bus that he had forgotten it and went back and it was gone. It does not compute. I have given up on trying to understand him, he just does not make any sense to me.

It made it above 0 c today. So much for washing the car yesterday. Well, it had to be done because there was snow packed into the wheels and it was causing the car to shake. Tomorrow is supposed to be warmer. I just wish that the snow would just stay now for the winter. Yes, I know, I was complaining about it the other day, but I like snow except when I am having trouble getting around. I like to say that the snow should just fall everywhere except the streets, sidewalks and driveways.

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

More Snowing Plus Blowing

The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17

It snowed and blowed yesterday and then some more today. So now it is almost impossible to get into and out of my driveway. I just barely made it out today and then it was worse coming back in. I had called the plow to come and so far nothing. Hopefully before the bus comes tomorrow because he might get stuck. The bus driver said that he is having a really hard time with this bus and is worried about the rest of the winter. Hopefully the guys will get on cleaning the roads and drives before they get too bad.

Pete has now already lost a mitt from two pairs of mitts. Luckily the bus driver found it before it was knocked off the bus abd into the snow. He forgot the other one at school and now it is missing. Every year he does this and every year mom has to go to the school and find it. And it is usually in the lost and found and he always clames that he looked there. Is he ever going to learn. Last year he even lost his swim trunks but I found them only after having to buy new ones for him. This year he lost his jean jacket. I made him search the the classroom, the outdoors, and the lost and found until he found it.

The part for the car that we have been fighting for finally arrived. I am so glad that I am done with that dealership. Funny thing is we also received a survey from GMC about the dealerships survey. Ironic I think. We have had nothing but trouble with them so. Truckerman can fill it out, I'll let him deal with that one since he had talked to the sales supervisor. If it was me I'd just give them a bad rating all around but I am not going to do that because (1) it was addressed to Truckerman and (2) some of the people working there did try and help us (most of them were rude and dishonest to me but there were a couple that did and try and help). So like I said Truckerman can deal with that one.

The quiet today was very welcomed. I did manage to get the rest of my reading done for my business class and I did get the assignment done and sent away. I also arranged the reading for my funeral directors course and started reading that. So I think that I'm doing quite well so far this week. But that could all change but I won't think that way. It will get done in plenty of time.

Monday, November 13, 2006

It's Snowing

"The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind: 'You are a priest forever.'" Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarentee of a better covenant. Hebrews 7:21b-22


It is snowing again. It started out light but has progressively gotten heavier. Truckerman said that where he is there is at least a couple of inches on the ground and it is extremely icy. So we should get quite a bit I am thinking because it has been snowing for about 4.5 hours so far.

The boys and I went to a friends today to visit. We went sledding on their hill. We had a blast! The picture above is of the two boys. Afterwards my friends son and Repete went into the house to play and Pete and my friends daughter stayed outside to play in the snow. Repete didn't want to come home.

Tomorrow the boys go back to school. I'm looking forward to some quiet time. The two of them get quite loud when they are together.

Well gotta go and wrap Truckerman's meals. We had honey garlic chicken breasts, brown rice, and peas. Yummy!! He will enjoy that when he finds them for work.

Sunday, November 12, 2006

Unmotivated

A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not snuff out. Isaiah 42:3

I really should be studying but I just can not seem to get motivated this week. There is so much to do around the house and I haven't done much there either. I really should get my butt in gear.

I did manage to get the giant pumpkin that friends from church gave us cooked. Right now there is whole wheat pumpkin raison muffins in the oven baking. They smell oh so yummy. I can't wait to try one.

Tomorrow there is no school again. They had a 4 day weekend. Some days I think that they have more time off then they do school. It will be nice to have them back at school. Them being home changes the routine and it throws everything off.

I had thought that Repete's cold was getting better but I'm afraid that it isn't. So he went to bed extra early tonight. It doesn't help that he wants to play outside all the time. I'm not saying that being outside is bad, I encourage it, but when he is sick it is different.

Tommorow the boys and I are going to a friends house. Her boy is in Repete's class and her girl is in Pete's class. The 4 of them get along so well and enjoy playing with each other. It was also nice for Repete to start school with some boys that he knew. He was in preschool last year but it seems that most of them went over to the Catholic School.

The muffins came out of the oven and boy-o-boy are they ever gooooooodddddd!!!! I think I'll have to make some more and freeze them for later.

Saturday, November 11, 2006

Remember

Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of worship. Romans 12:1

Remember! Why do I say this? Today here in Canada is Rememberance Day. We remember the men and women that fought in WWI and WWII and any other war or peacekeeping since.

These are the reasons I remember.

I remember because I am able to live here and be free. Free to speak, free to go to school, free to have the things I have, and free to worship the Tiune God.

I remember because of a friend of mine from church. He was in WWII and his job was to clear the enemy lines. He operated the flame thrower. He has trouble sleeping because of the dreams. The amounts of people he had seen die at his hands and the amounts of people that had died by others hands. He watched his Sargent get shot in the head right beside him and the bullet was actually meant for him, he bend over to stand up when the shot hit.

I remember for a friend of the family who was a peacekeeper. He has PTSD and has terrible dreams. He is in counselling and is finally starting to adjust.

I remember because of my great great uncle Yoyo (we called him that growing up). He is in longterm care now. He was an alcoholic for many years. He never talked about the war.

I remember because of my grandpa. He was an alcoholic most of his life. I belive that his drinking had to do with trying to drown the memories. He liked to watch documentaries on the war but he would never talk about the war. He was a truck driver and he would take supplies and men to the front lines. Dad said that he would talk about the war but only with fellow veterans. He told his story to my brother Cookie right before he died. Cookie won't talk about what he and Grandpa talked about.

I pray that the soldiers that are in the Armed Forces are protected and that they will put their faith and trust in God and that God will guide them in all that they do.

I wish that people would respect this day. There have been stores in the city that have refused the selling of poppies. There have been antiwar people selling white poppies right now. There have been teenagers in this very town who have defaced our local war monument. I like to know WHY? Why do they disrespect this day and any rememberance of this day? If it were not for the winning of those wars we would not have freedom. Unfortunately freedom today is taken for granted and has gone to far and has croosed the line. But I will not start because I will start to rant about how todays societies have become a complete sespool of waste and there is no respect for anyone or anything.

So today I will remember. Please say a prayer for all the men and women that suffer the memories still today and for the men and women that are fighting today. And thank the Lord for the freedom that we have.

Friday, November 10, 2006

Burrr!!!!

I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts. Psalm 119:45

We had some flurries today and tonight the wind is blowing and there is some snow. The highway is not much better then that last couple of days. I watched the highway people tonight drive by doning nothing! The driveways should be full by morning. So I will not be going anywhere tomorrow until the neighbors have plowed through the snow with their vehicles. Maybe buying the small car that we did right now was not the best idea. To late now.

Truckerman made it to work safely. He says that most of the areas that he will be hauling did not receive that much snow and the roads are pretty good. That makes less worrying for me.

The boys are watching Over the Hedge tonight. It seems like a cute movie. Some of the voices are driving me nuts and I have to wait until the end of it to find out who played what character.

Boy did I get alot done today. I have wash 4 loads of laundry, I will be putting in #5 after this is finished being typed. I have cooked up 2/3's of a giant pumpkin to freeze for Christmas baking. I helped Truckerman get ready for work (that consists of cutting up veggies and other food for him). Thank goodness for plug-in-coolers and pug-in-ovens for the trucks, saves us alot of money and he can take frozen leftovers to work with him and he is getting a warm healthy meal as well. Plus nothing gets wasted on top of it.

Back on to the things that I did. I did some tidying around the house. And had some quiet time while the boys had a nap. Pete did not sleep well last night and was up early and Repete is sick, so I made them lay down. Partly for their sake and partly for mine because of Repete's whining (he gets like that when he is sick and I'm not fond of whining at all, and because Pete has been very disrespectful and disobedient the last few days. I am thinking that he turns his brain off when he gets off the bus and turns it back on when he leaves again. That is the only thing that makes sense lately) So I had some nice quiet time for myself, which was much needed.

I can tell that it is starting to get dry here. This time of year is really hard on my hands. It is so bad that my hands literally get so dry that they start to crack and bleed. And I am allergic to all hand and body creams. That includes Hydros Emulsifying Ointment which is that base for lotions. But my mom found this balm and gave it to me and I love it! It is this balm
http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page.aspx?c=1&p=45816&cat=2,42551 and it works like magic. It is the only thing I have found that helps with my dry like sandpaper elbows. The 2 oz tin lasts a very long time and everything in it is natural. It consists of castor oil, olive oil, beewax, aloe vera, and essential oils. Some may have a few different things but that is the things in all. I have a 1 oz container of mint, and a 2 oz container of sweet birch and you can also get a 1 oz of cinnamon. I'm not sure what other kinds that there are. So if you have trouble with lotions and want to try a natural product this is what you need. I am so happy that I found it. No more dry, cracked, bleeding hands! YA!!!!!!



Thursday, November 09, 2006

Fun Day!

I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes. Romans 1:16

It was really cold this morning when we got up, -20 C. But it did warm up throughout the day. The highways are still as crummy as yesterday. I had to go to town today to help out in Repete's class and when I tried to leave I got stuck in the driveway. Truckerman had to get me out. I almost got stuck at the highway but I was able to get onto the road. The streets in town were just as bad. From what I hear they have improved since I was there.

The time at Repete's class was fun. The teacher gave them all magnifying glasses and was calling the scientists. They had picked leaves in the fall and their teacher had pressed them. Today they had to look at them and then they took them and did leaf rubbings. The children seemed to have a good time. They have such a great teacher. Both boys do. I wish that I could pick up the school and take it and the teachers with us to the city when we move.

Tonight was haircut night for all the boys. Truckerman went first as usual and then Pete had his. Don't you all love it?! He's stylin'!


Just kidding. We did the style for the picture. I shaved it all off. Don't you just love the expression on his face. What a turkey! Repete had his done last. He's been complaining that his hair has been standing up and wanted it cut. By the time his turn came around he didn't want one anymore. He got one anyways.

Poor little man gets so tired on school days and he is also getting a cold. You know he's not feeling well when he puts himself to bed before devotions with Dad and Pete.

I should get going and get some studying time in before Truckerman's show comes on. I watch it with him so we have some alone time together and I will make some more of my Christmas cards. I have 19 finished and I am nowhere near finished.

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Playing in the Snow

Repete playing in the snow on our deck

Pete playing in the snow in the yard

What's with the Roads?

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. Psalm 1:1-2



Wow, look what we awoke to this morning! This is the highway to town just before supper. Not much has been cleared yet and probably won't be done for a couple of days. We are not going to go there on that one or about the fact that our driveway has not been cleared yet for the bus.

Before it snowed it had rained, and rained it did. Not just a sprinkle but rain. So needless to say, the roads are horrible. I got stuck in the driveway but was able to get out but had to have Truckerman make a trail so I could see where the driveway was to get out.

Town is another story. They are pure ice. Between the ice and the the snow packed on top of it the corners are not the funnest expirience today.

I had a funeral to work today. I had to drive the lead car to the church. Well, I got the car stuck on the street. When this happened I happened to notice the town grader sitting sideways in the street. Behind me comes up the loader and 2 dump trucks. I come to find out that the grader is stuck. The grader operator hoped into the loader and proceeds to drive toward the grader and tries to stop. He slid and just missed the grader and slid into the curb. This happened over and over. One time while I sat in the car and waited for my boss, the loader almost hit the car. That was then that I exited the car and went to the end of the street. The one truck operators got into the car to help move it and almost hit the truck. My boss by this time was about the have a bird. But all is good and no one and no vehicles got hurt.

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Ouch!

The Lord will march out like a mighty man, like a warrior He will stir up His zeal; with a shout He will raise the battle cry and will triumph over His enemies. Isaiah 42:13

I did not know that it had rained until I went out to start the car this morning. And how did I find out that it had rained? I slid across the deck. While doing this I stubbed my toe, pulled some muscles on the left side of my back and my left shoulder. That was a fun ride! NOT! I'm not feeling to bad now.

I had the scare of my life today. I'll start at the beginning so all will understand the circumstances.

At 3:14pm I received a call from Pete from school. He was wondering if he was to come home on the bus or go to the bowling alley with his friends for the birthday party. I could hear Repete in the background and thought, "I sure hope he doesn't miss the bus." Well, at the time I was doing some things for my Christmas cards and didn't hear the bus at the end of the driveway at 3:30pm.

At 3:33pm I realized what time it was and that Repete was not home. I paniced and went and checked all the windows to see if he was wondering around the yard. I didn't see him and I could not see the bus coming thinking maybe it was running late. I tried to call the school and there was no answer. I tried calling the bus driver and there was no answer there. Now I am really starting to panic. Then I tried the school again and someone answers and they went and got Repete's teacher. She tells me that she had personally put Repete on the bus that day. I think "Okay, maybe the bus driver forgot to drop him off. It has happened before with Pete." So I call the bus driver again and he says that he dropped him off and he was running down the driveway when he pulled away. I hung up an the poor man as I went running out of my house in complete panic.

There sitting on the step for the last 10 minutes was Repete playing with the cat. Where he had been sitting I could not see him. I burst into tears and that scared Repete that he started to cry. I had to explain to him that he was to come into the house before he goes to play with the cat so mommy knows where he is.

That is the worst feeling and I never want to feel like that again. It was bad enough have had to spend 3 weeks away from the boys and Truckerman but to think that someone took one of them absolutely terrified me.

On a cheerier note. We had a congregational supper tonight. The food was great! There was so much food and it all tasted awesome! Truckerman, Repete, and I took home some for lunch tomorrow. There was so much ham left that everyone was able to take some home so Pete is going to have some on a sandwich in his lunch which he is excited about.

Truckerman is still there because it is the Annual meeting tonight. I should actually be there but I had to get the boys home and get them into the tub. Pete also had to study his spelling for tomorrow and I had to get my assignment finished and sent tonight. That is all done! YA!! Now I have a bit of a break for the next week. I do have some reading and I would like to get ahead of things, but I dan't have to be so rushed about it. That is a nice feeling.

I received a really nice compliment from the lady that I work for in town. It really makes a person feel good when they are making others happy and that is what I did. I really enjoy working for these people and they have been good to me. I am truly going to miss them when we have to leave.

I talked to one of my instructors tonight. She has been an instructor of mine since the beginning of the first year. I really enjoy talking to her. She was asking me how things were going and how I liked working in the funeral homes and how I was handling it. I was thinking about it today before we had talked and I realized that I really enjoy what I am doing. People look at me funny when I say that I like this stuff. But it is true, I do enjoy it. The studying maybe not so much but the hands on stuff it great.

I'm going to head off and make some more Christmas cards. And then I need to go to bed for it is a long day tomorrow.

Monday, November 06, 2006

Nothing Done

Alwaysbe prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. 1 Peter 3:15

I did absolutely nothing today. Well, that is not quite true, I did get Pete off to school and did a bit of laundry. I did make the meals to eat. I did try and study. Did true is what I did do but Repete would not leave me alone nor would he stop talking today. I sometime wish that there was a mute button on him.

I tried to study here after supper. Truckerman was in the tub reading the newspaper, so he was quiet. Pete decided that that was the time to practice his piano, and the piano is on the other side of the wall from my office. So that was loud. And the Repete decided that he had to play rightoutside my office door. Now he is trying to shave (he has a kids razor). Gotta be like dad.

I started looking at the calender and more and more things keep getting added to our lists of things that need to be done. I'm not sure how things are getting done. Oh ya, they aren't. Well most things are and the house work is not. I live in a house that looks like a bomb went off. It seems like when I try to get one room clean the other ones get worse and then when I start on a new room the room that I just cleaned blows up. Two young boys in this house are going to have to pull their weight or mom is going to blow her top. I should not have to ask more than once to have them do things and they are old enough to do them right the first time. And how many times does one person have to take things away for them to learn. I think I 'm going to walk around with a garbage bag attached to my hip and if things are not put away the first time then I am going to toss. Then maybe they will learn and there will then be less clutter. Actually that is sounding pretty good about now. We'll see how I'm feeling in the morning.

Sunday, November 05, 2006

Stress Release

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and trainingin righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17

My euthanasia assignment is finished! Yippee! That was a tough one. I even called a friend (he's a pastor [thank you for all the help]) to help find Bible verses to put into the assignment. I hope I do okay on it. The whole chapter, as I said in my last post was a difficult one to read. Well anyways, as I was getting near the end, the author was says as society gets away from religion the more rational society gets. Can you believe that?! I was floored and I was speachless (some will say that is a hard to believe...lol).

So anyways, I am done with that assignment so I can now forget about it for awhile. I have one assignment due on Tuesday and then I have a whole week before another one is due. I'm so excited! I do have some reading to do but its not a whole whack of reading. I can actually maybe get some things done around the house. I might even get to scrapbook and work on my Christmas cards. They are going to be nice.

If anyone wants a sneak peek at the stamp set that I am using, go to the splitcoast link on the tool bar on the side and look under gallery and then click on C and then City of David. I am also using some of my other sets as well with this set. I am crazy over it. I'm glad I bought it. I now just need to get the creative juices flowing.

I am also almost finished part of my mom's Christmas present. I'll have to post a picture of it when I am finished. It am making a nativity scene out of mini clay pots. Mom collects nativity scenes and has a few hundres of them now. Their local Festival of Trees asks her to put some of them in every year. She is thinking that next year they will do a vertual tour of it instead of her packing them all up and taking them to the museum and then having to pack them up again and take them home. Some are, well most are, very fragile and expensive. I think the vertual tour would be neat to see.

My gift doesn't compare to my brother's gift to my parents. He bought them tickets to David Copperfield. We have seen him a couple of times and he puts on a great show. Mom is so excited that she has told pretty much everyone she knows already and it isn't even Christmas yet.

Repete had a birthday party today at the bowling alley. He had a blast and wasn't to pleased to see me when I came to pick him up to go home. Pete has a birthday party at the bowling alley on Tuesday after school as well. That is the theme for most birthdays here. I guess I am too cheap to do that. I think I have a huge yard the kids can go and play out there, even if it is raining. Yup that is right, even if it is raining. They don't care if they get wet, they are having fun.

Friday I told the boys that they can each have a friend over for a sleepover. I'm thinking I'm over my head on that one. Pete and his cousin #3 can sleep in the livingroom and Repete and his friend can sleep in the bedroom. Repete has never had a friend over to sleep so this is all new to him. He is so excited. Four boys, what am I thinking!

I opened my mouth and said that after October things should start slowing down. Ya, right! What was I thinking? Everytime I turn around something else comes up. I'm am definately glad that I picked up that dry erase 2 month calender. That is the only way to keep our lives straight. Well, most days. I have to write everything down or I will forget. And then when I do I still forget. I am the sticky note queen. Sticky notes are wonderful. I love sticky notes. Did you know that you can buy sticky note glue?! Scotch Brand sells it. It is wonderful. If your sticky note stops sticking or you want to stick something else, all you have to do is swipe acroos a couple of times, let it sit for 90 seconds, and wola, you have a sticky note. What will they come up with next?!

Sticky tack is wonderful too. I have a couple of packs of those around the house. I can keep Pete's spelling words, or notes from school up on the calender and then they will not get lost or forgotten. Some people are geneouses.

Saturday, November 04, 2006

A full day

Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and even though you do not see Him now, you belive in Him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy. 1 Peter 1:8

This morning we got up early and went to the city. I dropped the boys off at my parents and went and helped out at an emblaming. I know this sounds strange but I actually enjoy doing this. I look at it as helping out the deceased and the deceased family and friends.

Aterwards I stopped by Tim Hortons and got mom a coffee, dad a muffin, Truckerman some donuts, and the boys some Timbits.

I talked to a friend of mine, Cinnamon, whom I haven't talked to in a long time. I really miss chatting with her and Danny. We started talking about the chat room that we used to go into and were wondering where all our trucker friends and their families are. It's sad to think that these people that we chatted with on here, chatted on the phone with, and some we have actually met have lost touch. Many of them kept me company when Truckerman was gone working. I miss them.

As I have mentioned in my last post about the paper that I have to write. UGH! I'm having trouble getting through the reading. That is why I am on here, I needed a break from it. I just want to cry! Some of it makes me want to get sick. I found out some new things about stem cell research that I was unaware of and now in some ways wish that I did not know. Did you know that they have people that go to abortion clinics (they call themselves "harvesters") and after the woman gives permission to let her aborted fetus to go to stem cell research, the "harvester" go and takes the fetus and cuts it apart (called disecting) and sends the different body parts (in the book they call it tissue) to the different labs. Reading this shocked me and revolted me. One thing that I did agree with in the book is that it mentioned that Anti-abortionists that with the fetus going to research the woman can justify what she is doing and feel less guilty about her decision.

I am now on the right-to-die debate. I'm not even going to start on this one. I'd be here all night and really need to get my reading done. And I need to get to sleep early because we have church early in the morning.

Friday, November 03, 2006

Done!

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things. Philippians 4:8

I finished up my 5 assignments that were due today and got them sent off. The stress level went down a few points. I have an assignment that is due on Sunday. That one is going to be a tough one. It is on euthanasia. That is a tough subject. I am completely against it but yet for this class I have to be "open minded". That just sucks!

But anyways, on to a new topic. I have to ge back to the city tomorrow to help with an embalming. So mom and dad are going to watch the boys for me. I found out today that I may not be able to claim my hours and embalmings from here. And I might not be able to do my practicum here as well. I find out in a couple weeks. Please pray that I will be able to because we can't afford to have to find somewhere else to do it. I don't like not knowing. The sad part of it though is that I was led to believe that I could on all things. I'm still going to do the embalmings and the funerals just for the expirience and I can put them on my resume.

This morning I slept through the alarm and the bus driver had to call and wake us up. OOPS! I ended up driving Pete to school today. I feel like a dork. He got there in time so all is good.

I am slowly figuring out our cell phone. I am technicalogically challenged. Put it is slowly coming. As long as I don't wreck the phone all is good.

Tonight I will work on my Christmas cards and maybe make my mom's christmas present. I seriously need to get a few things done. To much to do and not enough time in the day. Especially quiet time.

Thursday, November 02, 2006

I GIve Up

[They] through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was prominsed. Hebrews 11:33

Repete as a Black Knight


Pete as an embalmer

I give up talking to the boys. Everytime I try to study they bother me. I have told them several times that unless the house if on fire or flooding, or they are bleeding or broken some bones to please leave me alone. But it goes in one ear and out the other. We (Truckerman and I) have sat them down and told them and asked them to leave me while I try and study but it goes on deaf ears. I gave up tonight because they keep coming into my office, stand around outside the door, play their music loudly with their door open, and play in the hall outside my office. I can't take it anymore. They need to understand that mom needs to get her studying done.

I went to the city today to drop some things off, pick up a few things, and to get some pictures developed. I was hoping to get home at a descent time but I arrived just before the bus dropped the boys off. You think that without any children tagging along you would get things done quicker but I'm not sure what happened today.

Well, time to get the boys teeth brushed and them off to bed. Then it is study time!

What fun! :P

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Where did the day go?

Be exalted, O Lord, in your strength; we will sing and praise your might. Psalm 21:13

I am having trouble loading up the boys halloween pictures. Pete was an embalmer. I just took some of my embalming clothing, wiped red food coloring all over, put it on him, and we were done. He really liked it. The only problen that he had was everyone thought that he was a surgeon. The equipment are pretty close to the same.
Repete was a black knight. It cost me $9 and he has been playing with it everyday for a month. So I think I got my moneys worth already.
Today the day seemed to go very quickly and nothing seemed to have gotten done. I am getting behind on my reading for funeral directing. I have 5 assignments due on friday and I have about half the reading done for the first assignment. OUCH! The last assignment I have part of it already done as well, so that helps. So tonight I will be hitting the books hard since tomorrow I am going to the city. I have some things that I need to deliver and I need to get a few groceries that I can't get in town for a descent price and I also need to get some pictures developed from halloween for some of my friends.
When will things slow done? "When I'm dead!" is the thought that just went through my head. It will be an early night for the boys. They can go to bed early and read quietly so I can concentrate.
Well I better go and get some reading done.